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Checklist for Superfamily Empidoidea Chvala, 1983 (Long-legged Flies)
and region Scottish Highlands (Scotland, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
411
2923
5908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
409
2920
5906
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
389
2859
5790
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
286
2476
5174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
78
574
1531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
60
418
1106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
85
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
41
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Scottish Highlands
4 Families width 184 Species and 1 Subspecies
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809Long legged flies73SpeciesTaxom
Hybotidae Meigen, 1820Dance flies45SpeciesTaxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809Balloon flies65SpeciesTaxom
Brachystomatidae (Melander, 1908)1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Scottish Highlands
41 Genera with 184 Species
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Achalcus Haliday, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Argyra Macquart, 18243SpeciesTaxom
Bicellaria Macquart, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Chelifera Macquart, 18388SpeciesTaxom
Chersodromia Walker, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 18174SpeciesTaxom
Clinocera Meigen, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Crossopalpus Bigot, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1824Long-legged flies23SpeciesTaxom
Empis Linnaeus, 182217SpeciesTaxom
Euthyneura Macquart, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Hemerodromia Meigen, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 18175SpeciesTaxom
Heteropsilopus Bigot, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Hilara Meigen, 1927Balloon Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Hybos Meigen, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 19412SpeciesTaxom
Nothorhaphium Bickel, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Ocydromia Meigen, 18161SpeciesTaxom
Oedalea Meigen, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Platypalpus Macquart, 192620SpeciesTaxom
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 182221SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18697SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Sybistroma Meigen, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Symballophthalmus Becker, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 18506SpeciesTaxom
Tachydromia Meigen, 18337SpeciesTaxom
Tachypeza Meigen, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Trichina Railliet, 1830Trichina worms2SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeza Rondani, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Wiedemannia Zetterstedt, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 18321SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scottish Highlands
184 Species and 1 Subspecies
Achalcus californicus Osten Sacken, 1886
Aphrosylus celtiber Haliday, 1855
Aphrosylus ferox Haliday, 1851
Argyra argentina Meigen, 1824
Argyra diaphana Fabricius, 1775
Argyra leucocephala Meigen, 1824
Bicellaria intermedia Lundbeck, 1910
Bicellaria nigra Meigen, 1824
Bicellaria pilosa Lundbeck, 1910
Bicellaria subpilosa Collin, 1926
Campsicnemus armatus Zetterstedt, 1849
Campsicnemus curvipes Fallen, 1823
Campsicnemus loripes Haliday, 1832
Campsicnemus scambus Fallen, 1823
Chelifera diversicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera erecta (Collin, 1927)⇒ Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera monostigma Meigen, 1822
Chelifera pectinicauda Collin, 1927
Chelifera precatoria Fallen, 1816
Chelifera stigmatica Schiner, 1862
Chelifera subangusta Collin, 1961
Chelifera trapezina Zetterstedt, 1838
Chersodromia hirta Walker, 1835
Chersodromia incana Walker, 1851
Chrysotus cilipes Meigen, 1824
Chrysotus femoratus (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Chrysotus chilensis Van Duzee, 1930
Chrysotus gramineus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus laesus Wiedemann, 1817
Clinocera (Hydrodromia) stagnalis Haliday, 1833
Clinocera (Kowarzia) bipunctata (Haliday, 1833)⇒ Kowarzia bipunctata Haliday, 1833
Clinocera fontinalis Haliday, 1833
Crossopalpus curvipes Meigen, 1822
Crossopalpus medetera Melander, 1902
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) acuticornis (Wiedemann, 1817)⇒ Dolichopus longicornis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) argyrotarsis Wahlberg, 1850
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) atripes Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) brevipennis Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) claviger Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) clavipes Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) griseipennis Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) lepidus Stæger, 1842
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) nubilus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) pennatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) picipes (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Dolichopus lepidus Stæger, 1842
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) popularis Wiedemann, 1817Long-legged fly
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) signatus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) simplex Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) subpennatus Assis-Fonseca, 1976
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) trivialis Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) ungulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) urbanus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus (Dolichopus) vitripennis Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus atratus Meigen, 1824
Dolichopus festivus Haliday, 1832
Dolichopus nigricornis Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Empis (Anacrostichus) verralli Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) bicuspidata Collin, 1927
Empis (Empis) chioptera Meigen, 1804
Empis (Empis) nigripes (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Empis tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Euempis) tessellata Fabricius, 1794
Empis (Kritempis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Dance Fly
Empis (Leptempis) grisea (Fallen, 1816)⇒ Empis hoffmannseggii Loew, 1869
Empis (Pachymeria) scotica Curtis, 1835
Empis (Pachymeria) tumida Meigen, 1822
Empis (Platyptera) borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Rhamphomyia borealis Fabricius, 1780
Empis (Polyblepharis) opaca Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) aemula Loew, 1873
Empis (Xanthempis) digramma Meigen, 1835
Empis (Xanthempis) laetabilis Collin, 1926
Empis (Xanthempis) punctata Meigen, 1804
Empis (Xanthempis) stercorea Linnaeus, 1761
Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma Meigen, 1822
Euthyneura myrtilli Macquart, 1836
Hemerodromia baetica Collin, 1927
Hemerodromia coleophora Melander, 1928
Hemerodromia melangyna Collin, 1927
Hercostomus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Gymnopternus aerosus Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus brevicornis (Staeger, 1842)⇒ Gymnopternus brevicornis Stæger, 1842
Hercostomus celer (Meigen, 1824)⇒ Gymnopternus celer Meigen, 1824
Hercostomus cupreus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Gymnopternus cupreus Fallen, 1823
Hercostomus germanus Wiedemann, 1817
Heteropsilopus ingenuus Erichson, 1842
Hilara bistriata Zetterstedt, 1842
Hilara brevistyla Collin, 1927
Hilara canescens Zetterstedt, 1849
Hilara cantabrica Strobl, 1899
Hilara chorica Fallen, 1816
Hilara interstincta Fallen, 1816
Hilara maura Fabricius, 1776
Hilara nigrohirta Collin, 1927
Hilara setosa Collin, 1927
Hilara submaura Collin, 1927
Hybos culiciformis Fabricius, 1775Dance Fly
Hybos femoratus Muller, 1776
Hydrophorus balticus Meigen, 1824
Hydrophorus nebulosus Fallen, 1823
Hydrophorus signifer (Coquillett, 1899)⇒ Hydrophorus signiferus Coquillett, 1899
Hydrophorus signiferus Coquillett, 1899
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Medetera abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955
Medetera cuspidata Collin, 1941
Nothorhaphium aemulans Becker, 1922
Ocydromia glabricula Fallen, 1816Dance fly
Oedalea holmgreni Zetterstedt, 1852
Phyllodromia melanocephala Fabricius, 1794
Platypalpus annulipes Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus candicans Fallen, 1815
Platypalpus clarandus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus coarctatus (Collin, 1926)⇒ Platypalpus pseudofulvipes Frey, 1909
Platypalpus cursitans Fabricius, 1775
Platypalpus ecalceatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Platypalpus exilis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus extricata
Platypalpus infectus Collin, 1926
Platypalpus kirtlingensis Grootaert, 1986
Platypalpus longicornis Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus longiseta Zetterstedt, 1842
Platypalpus luteus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus minutus Meigen, 1804
Platypalpus nigritarsis Fallen, 1816
Platypalpus notatus Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pallidiventris Meigen, 1822
Platypalpus pseudofulvipes Frey, 1909
Platypalpus strigifrons Zetterstedt, 1849
Platypalpus verralli Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Aclonempis) albohirta Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) erythrophthalma Meigen, 1830
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) flava Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) nigripennis Fabricius, 1794
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) sciarina Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) umbripennis Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Holoclera) variabilis Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Lundstroemiella) hybotina Zetterstedt, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) crassirostris Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Megacyttarus) maculipennis Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) geniculata (Meigen, 1830)⇒ Rhamphomyia scutellaris Coquillett, 1895
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) pilifer Meigen, 1838
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tarsata Meigen, 1822
Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) tibiella Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) cinerascens Meigen, 1804
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) nitidula Zetterstedt, 1842
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) spinipes Fallen, 1816
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) stigmosa Macquart, 1827
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcata (Meigen, 1804)⇒ Rhamphomyia sulcatella Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) sulcatina Collin, 1926
Rhamphomyia (Rhamphomyia) tibialis Meigen, 1822
Rhaphium brevicorne Curtis, 1835
Rhaphium crassipes Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium fasciatum Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium longicorne Fallen, 1823
Rhaphium monotrichum Loew, 1850
Rhaphium riparium Meigen, 1824
Rhaphium rivale Loew, 1869
Sciapus platypterus Fabricius, 1805
Sybistroma obscurellus Fallen, 1823
Symballophthalmus pictipes Becker, 1889
Symballophthalmus pollinosus (Collin, 1961)⇒ Symballophthalmus pictipes Becker, 1889
Sympycnus (Sympycnus) tasmanicus Parent, 1932
Sympycnus aeneicoxa Meigen, 1824
Sympycnus cirripes Haliday, 1851
Sympycnus pulicarius (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Sympycnus desoutteri Parent, 1925
Syntormon monile Haliday, 1851Alfalfa blotch leafminer
Syntormon pallipes Fabricius, 1794
Syntormon pumilus Meigen, 1824
Syntormon sulcipes Meigen, 1824
Syntormon tarsatus (Fallen, 1823)⇒ Syntormon tarsatum Fallen, 1823
Syntormon zelleri Loew, 1850
Tachydromia acklandi Chvala, 1973
Tachydromia aemula Loew, 1864
Tachydromia arrogans Linnaeus, 1761
Tachydromia meigenia Gimmerthal, 1834
Tachydromia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Tachydromia halidayi Collin, 1926
Tachydromia rhyacophila Chvala, 1995
Tachydromia umbrarum Haliday, 1833
Tachypeza nubila Meigen, 1804
Tachytrechus notatus Stannius, 1831
Thrypticus pollinosus Verrall, 1912
Trichina bilobata Collin, 1926
Trichina clavipes Meigen, 1830Stalkless yellowcress
Trichopeza longicornis (Meigen, 1822)⇒ Trichopeza milleri Smith, 1989
Wiedemannia (Philolutra) phantasma Mik, 1880
Wiedemannia rhynchops insularis Collin, 1927
Xanthochlorus ornatus Haliday, 1832

Subnodes of Empidoidea with occurrences in Scottish Highlands
FamilyBrachystomatidae
Melander, 1908
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly, Longlegged flies
20
73
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEmpididae
Latreille, 1809
Balloon flies, Dagger flies, dagger fly, Dance Flies, Dance-Flies
8
65
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHybotidae
Meigen, 1820
Dance flies, dance fly, Hybotid Dance Flies, Hybotid flies
12
45
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Empidoidea at artfakta.se
Empidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Empidoidea at marinespecies.org